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Letters Patent No. 02,199, dated Febr-amy 19, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAR BRAKES.

TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN: l

De it known that I, AARON I-IIGLEY, of South Bend, in the county of St.Joseph, and State of Indiana, have` invented certain ncw Vand usefulimprovements in Railroad Car Brakes; and I do hereby declare that thefoli .lowing is a full and complete description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- K Figure l is atop view.lf Figure 2, a bottom view.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken in the line 2', fig. 1.Figure 4 is-a part of a longitudinal view ef thc truck taken in line 2.Like letters and figures of reference refer `to like parts in theseveral views.

The device for the braking operation at one ond of the car issubstantially the same as at the other, being constructed and operatedexactly alike.

In the drawings, A represents the frame; C is a framework connected tothe shaft of the wheels, and to which some of the apparatus for brakingthe car is connected, this frame being held .in place on the shaft bymeans of the collars a'. On the shaft a, and near the centre, is africtienclutch coupling, D D' being the shell, and D" the conc. To theside of the shell is fastened a ratchetwhecl,g, the ratchet and shellbeing both permanently attached to the shaft a, and turning with it,while the cone D' and pulleys on each side are loose on the shaft. F isa pulley, forming part of the cone which is used to take up the chain c.8 is a stop,`fastened to the side of cone D', and forming part of it, sothat the cone and pulley Fean turn but one way. Eis a pulley close tothe ratchet on the shaft a, to which is pivoted the dog I, and chains eand o. And when the brake is in operation, this pulley turns in theopposite direction from the pulley F and cone D', which will he morefully described hereafter in the operation. G is a clutch-lever, pivotedtothe frame C at P', the end clutching around the grooveg next to thepulley F. M is acone-pulley, pivoted to frame C at C'. The chain 15 isfastened to the `small part of the pulley M and to the lever G. From thelarge part of the cone-pulley M extends the chain R to shaft C", (fig.3,) of windlass 7. Connected to chain R, at 20, is another chain, S;which passes around the pulley L, then around pulley 3, and is fastenedto the windlass 6. N is a spring, fastened to the Vframe C, with one endagainst the lever Gr to force it back from the frame. y,I-I' is a barthat rests upon or has its bearings on the frame C, at Q. Around thisbaris coiled the spring H, at the end of which is the swivel J. '.looneend of this swivel is fastened the chain e, the other end of the chainbeing fastened to the pulley F; To the other end of the swivel .1', atP, is fastened one end of chain C,'the other end beingfastened Vto thepulley E. Near the saine place on pulley E is fastened the chain O,passing nearly around thepulley in the opposite direction, and over thepulley K, then around the pulley P, and is made fast to the swivel J.Fig. 4 shows the ratchet when the brake is not in use, the dog I beingheld out of the ratchet by means of the upper end of the dog hitting thestrip 18. To the wiudlass 7 are fastened two ratchet-wheels,ratchet-wheel Xhaving a dog to catch into it, made `in the ordinary way.Dog I, shown iu fig. 2, is pivoted near the centre to the frame A, oneend catching into the ratchet-wheel 2, and the other end being pivotedto a stirrup by which the car is drawn. Spring forces the stirrup backwhen the team is not drawing, and holds the dog I in contact with 'theratchet 2, which will he described hereafter, the whole being operatedas follows:

When the 'car is going in the direction indicated by the arrow 25, andit is desired to stop it, the wndlass at the arrow 2G is turned, windingtheehain'R around the shaft G".- `This turns the cone-pullcy M, thusdraw ing the end of the clutch-lever G, to which the chain 15 isfastened, towards the frame C. The other end being pivoted, as beforestated, forces the clutch along, and this hitting against the pulleyF,forces the cone D" into the shell D so tightly, and creating sonluchfriction, that when the wheels and shell D'` are turning, that the eeneD" and pulley F of said cone turn with them, when, if it was not held sotight, it would not turn at all;

but as it turns with the shell D', the chain e, which is attached tosaid'pulley F, and swivel J, will wind around this pulley and contractthe spring I-I. he chain O being fastened to the said swivel on theotherend, and

passing back around the pulley P, and over the pulley K, then passingaround underv the pulley E, lto the top and made fast, will turn thepulley E in the opposite .direction from the' pulley F,'whc 'n theswivel J and spring H are drawn up by the pulley F, rlhe chain e beingfastened t'o the 'sainevswiveh and "to the pulley E,

will at the same time be wound on the pulley E, in the oppositedirection from the ehain a. The dog I will catch into the ratchet g, bythe action of the spring V under the other end of the dog. The windlassbeing held fast by the two dogs, and ratehets X and 2, thus the wheelsare stopped, not being permitted to turn, and the power or forceexpended in braking contracts the spring l-I, which power is held inreserve by the means described, to be applied to start or aid instarting the car again after it has been stopped.

When it is desired to start the ear again, the dog y is thrown out ofthe ratchet-wheel X by the driver and the starting of the team pulls outthe dog I from the ratchet 2, and this allows the windlass to turn, andthe spr-ing N, pressing against the lever G, forces it back from theframe and moves the cone out of the shell again. rIhis lets the chain aloose and leaves all the strain of the spring H on the chain c, whichbeing fast to the pulley E, and the dog I catching into the ratchet g,and being piroted to the pulley E, prevents the pulley from turningwithout turning the shaft a. As the spring I-I expands, the shaft a andwheels B are turned, thus starting the car, or helping to start it. Inwinding up the chain e, the resistance of the spring II, as it iscontracted, tends to stop the wheels, and in this way the braking thecar is accomplished. i

When it is desired to stop the ear without accumulating power to startagain in the same direction it was going, as when the car is at the endof the road, or if it is necessary to stop very quickly to prevent anacci'A dent, the windlass 6 is used. rjlhis operates on thc oppositebrake from windlass 7, and as the stop 8, fastened te the cone D', willhit against the frame C, and not being able to turn in the least, thecar can be stopped without contracting spring II, and Very quickly. Theobject of the ratchet X on the windlass 7 is to hold the windlass fromturning if the team should start before it is desired they should, aswithout it they might start enough to pull out the dog I, and thusloosen the brake, and the car start and 'do some damage. On a down gradeeither or both brakes can be used, and brake `just hard enough to givethe car the desired motion.

What I claim as my invention, and desirerkto secure by Letters Patent,is

In a car brake and starter for railroad cars, clutch-lever G, spring H,dog I, swivel J, and chains c, e, and 0, in Combination withclutch-coupling D, ratchetg, pulleys F and E, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

' AARON HIGLEY.

Witnesses:-

S. S. FAHNEsToCK, T. C. CoNNoLLr.

